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Summary

This dynamic and comprehensive text from two nationally renowned scholars has been completely updated and continues to demonstrate the profound influence African Americans have had and continue to have on American politics.

Author Biography

Hanes Walton, Jr. is professor of political science at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

List of Tables

viii

List of Figures xi

List of Boxes

xii

Preface

xiv

About the Authors

xviii

PART I FOUNDATIONS

CHAPTER 1 Universal Freedom Declared, Universal Freedom Denied: Racism, Slavery, and the Ideology of White Supremacy in the Founding of the Republic

1

(20)

Freedom: A Typological Analysis 2 Freedom, Power, and Politics

3

(6)

Philosophy, Politics, and Interest in Constitution Formation

9

(12)

CHAPTER 2 Federalism and the Limits of Universal Freedom

21

(23)

Federalism: Origins and Operations in the United States

22

(6)

Reconstruction, the New Deal, and the Civil Rights Movement: The Triumph of National-Centered Power

28

(2)

The Fourteenth Amendment: The American Charter of Universal Freedom

30

(14)

PART II POLITICAL BEHAVIORISM

44

(42)

CHAPTER 3 Political Culture

44

(9)

The Concept of Political Culture and the Invisibility of African Americans

44

(1)

The Literature on the African American Political Culture

45

(1)

The African American Political Culture: An Empirical Estimation

46

(7)

CHAPTER 4 Political Socialization

53

(12)

Gunnar Myrdal and the Political Socialization of African Americans

53

(1)

The Literature on African American Political Socialization

54

(4)

African American Political Socialization: An Empirical Estimation of Religion and the Church as Agents

58

(2)

The 2000 Election as an Agent of Political Socialization

60

(1)

Collective Memory: The Transmission Belt of African American Political Socialization